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A. Calafat
Researcher at University of Barcelona
Publications - 40
Citations - 2812
A. Calafat is an academic researcher from University of Barcelona. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mediterranean sea & Continental shelf. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 40 publications receiving 2289 citations.
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The deep sea is a major sink for microplastic debris
Lucy C. Woodall,Anna Sanchez-Vidal,Miquel Canals,Gordon L.J. Paterson,Rachel L. Coppock,Victoria A. Sleight,A. Calafat,Alex Rogers,Bhavani Narayanaswamy,Richard C. Thompson +9 more
TL;DR: It is shown that deep-sea sediments are a likely sink for microplastics, and the dominance of microfibres points to a previously underreported and unsampled plastic fraction.
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Spatial and temporal variability of downward particle fluxes on a continental slope: Lessons from an 8-yr experiment in the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean)
Serge Heussner,Xavier Durrieu de Madron,A. Calafat,Miquel Canals,J. Carbonne,N. Delsaut,Gilles Saragoni +6 more
TL;DR: A long-term experiment of downward particle fluxes and currents was initiated in 1993 on the continental slope of the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean) and pursued within the frame of several French and European projects (PNEC, Euromarge-NB, MTP II-MATER, EUROSTRATAFORM) as discussed by the authors.
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Interaction of dense shelf water cascading and open-sea convection in the northwestern Mediterranean during winter 2012
X. Durrieu de Madron,Loïc Houpert,Pere Puig,Anna Sanchez-Vidal,Pierre Testor,Anthony Bosse,Claude Estournel,Samuel Somot,François Bourrin,Marie-Noëlle Bouin,M. Beauverger,Laurent Béguery,A. Calafat,Miquel Canals,Christophe Cassou,Laurent Coppola,Denis Dausse,Fabrizio D'Ortenzio,Jordi Font,Serge Heussner,S. Kunesch,Dominique Lefèvre,H. Le Goff,Jacobo Martín,Laurent Mortier,Albert Palanques,Patrick Raimbault +26 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the role of intense episodes of both dense shelf water cascading and open-sea convection to the progressive modification of the NW Mediterranean deep waters has been highlighted.
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Composition and spatio-temporal variability of particle fluxes in the Western Alboran Gyre, Mediterranean Sea
TL;DR: In this paper, total mass and main constituents (carbonate, organic matter, biogenic opal and lithogenic fraction) flux series were obtained in the northern part of the Western Alboran Gyre during an annual cycle from July 1997 to May 1998, at 10 days sampling interval.
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Planktonic response to main oceanographic changes in the Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean) as documented in sediment traps and surface sediments
María Angeles Bárcena,José-Abel Flores,F. J. Sierro,Marta Pérez-Folgado,Joan Fabres,A. Calafat,Miquel Canals +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, two mooring lines were deployed from July 1997 to May 1998 on the continental slope south of Malaga at 36°01′N/04°16′W and 36°14′N /04°28′W, and a water depth of 1004 and 958 m, respectively.